Katharine Jefferts Schori

The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori
26th Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church
Church	Episcopal Church
In office	2006–2015
Predecessor	Frank Griswold
Successor	Michael Curry
Other post(s)	Bishop Assistant of Los Angeles Diocese(2019-Currently)
Orders
Ordination	1994 (priest)
Consecration	February 24, 2001 by Jerry Lamb
Personal details
Born	(1954-03-26) March 26, 1954 (age 70) Pensacola, Florida, United States
Nationality	American
Denomination	Episcopal
Parents	Keith Jefferts Elaine Ryan
Spouse	Richard Schori
Children	Katharine
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Nevada (2001-2006)
Alma mater	Stanford University Oregon State University Pacific Church Divinity School

Katharine Jefferts Schori (born March 26, 1954) is the former Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Previously elected as the 9th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada, she was the first woman elected as a primate in the Anglican Communion. Jefferts Schori was elected at the 75th General Convention on June 18, 2006, and invested at Washington National Cathedral on November 4, 2006, and continued until November 1, 2015, when Michael Bruce Curry was invested in the position. She took part in her first General Convention of the Episcopal Church as Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church in July 2009.